Letter from Mrs. F.J. Sprague, Aug. 25th, 1947 : describing her collection of books relating to Walt Whitman produced by Henry S. Saunders / read by Miss Silvia Saunders on the occasion of the Saunders family reunion, Toronto, Aug. 30th, 1947.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sprague, Harriet Chapman Jones, 1876-1969.

Contributor:

Saunders, Sylvia, 1901-

Saunders, Henry Scholey, 1864-1951, autographer.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Walt Whitman Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Bibliography.

Whitman, Walt.

Saunders, Henry Scholey, 1864-1951.

Saunders, Henry Scholey.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Penn Provenance:

Saunders, Henry Scholey, 1864-1951 (autograph) (bookplate)

Physical Description:

4 leaves, 1 unnumbered leaf ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Sprague "Saunders" letter

Place of Publication:

[New York] : [H.S. Saunders], [1949?]

Notes:

Text produced from typescript; title leaf and leaf [1] at end are carbon copies from typescript.

"Comments by H.S.S. on Mrs. Sprague's letter"--Leaf [1] at end, dated September, 1949; signed in ms. at end: Henry S. Saunders.

Other issues of the final leaf are known to exist, dated Aug. 1949 and Oct. 1949.

Local Notes:

Whitman Collection copy has bookplate of Henry S. Saunders.

Whitman Collection copy has written in ms.: "Mrs Sprague wrote this letter to be read at the Reunion. H.S.S.".

Whitman Collection copy has "Bound by Henry S. Saunders, July 1950, no. 3029" written in ms. on the back pastedown.

OCLC:

42636049